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EAT for Health Act of 2014

Introduced: July 30, 2014 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 4, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 2, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 2, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Education and Training for Health Act of 2014 or the EAT for Health Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue guidelines to federal agencies for developing procedures and requirements to ensure that every primary care health professional employed full-time for such agencies have at least six credits of continuing medical education courses relating to nutrition. Requires these to include at least courses on the role of nutrition in the prevention, management, and, as possible, reversal of obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer.

Requires each agency employing such primary care professionals to report to Congress annually on the extent to which it has adopted and enforced the guidelines issued under this Act with respect to those employed during any portion of the previous year.

What's happening now April 4, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 1
Shea-Porter, Carol
· Jul 30, 2014
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Apr 29, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4378: EAT for Health Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4378/
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"H.R. 4378: EAT for Health Act of 2014." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4378/.
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